Music-Related Jibber Jabber

Where’s the title track?

One of those curious little things that seem to happen in the music industry is the decision by some artists to not include the title track on an album, only for said track to turn up on a later album.

Why does this occur? The common excuse appears to be because it doesn’t fit with the album musically. Other times it’s because the songwriter hasn’t written it yet but the lyric or phrase they intend to use is going round in their head.

One can’t help but wonder why they then choose the song as the title for the album. Wouldn’t the title of one of the other songs from the album be more appropriate?

Here are some examples of this practice. I am sure there are more but these are what I could come up with from the top of my head.

The Mothers of Invention
Song appears on We’re Only In It For The Money (1968)